Clothes-line pulley.



B FEINGOLD.

CLOTHES LINE PULLEY.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 6, 1915.

Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

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CLOTHES-LINE PULLEY.

Application filed July 6, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERNARD FEINGOLD, a subject of the Czar of Russia, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improved Clothes-Line Pulley, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the type of clcthesline pulleys which are provided with means for preventing the line from slipping off the pulley.

The principal characteristic of the tvpes in use at the present-time consists of fixed guides or rings placed approximately near the main pulley through which the line is adapted to pass and thus the line is prevented from slipping off the pulley. The objections that may be raised against this type are, that the line wears out very rapidly due to the friction of the rope against the guides, and that due to the pressure of the rope against the guides, particularly when weighted down with clothes or otherwise, it is very hard to pull the line.

Mv invention eliminates the above objectionable features by means of the pivoted arm carrying two auxiliary pulleys. In the operation of the device the line passes over the main pulley in the usual manner and is prevented from slipping off by the sides of the pivrted guide arm. The auxiliary pullevs reduce to a minimum the frictional resistance encountered in the types in use at present.

Another advantage of my device is that due to the guide arm being pivoted, it is permitted to assume a plurality of positions and thus the auxiliarv pulleys are always found in a position offering the least resistance to the movement of the line.

A further advantage of my device is that it is simple in construction and can therefore be produced at a small cost.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of the specification, in which similar numerals indicate corresponding parts in all figures, in which- Figure 1 is a side ele ation of my device, Fig. 2 is a top view looking in the direction indicated by the arrows22 of Fig. 1, Fig.

Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

Serial No. 38,378.

3 is a section cn line 3-3 of Fig. 1 and Fig. 4 shows a modified method of connecting the side plates 2 and 3.

The pulley 1, rotating on the pivot pin 4 is placed between the plates 2 and 3 which are shaped as shown in Fig. 2. The ring 5 fitting in between the plates 2 and 3 1s connected to them by means of the bolt 16. An alternative method may be used as shown in Fig. 4 by forming the plates 2- and 8 of one piece bent into a U shape. The auxiliary pulleys 8 and 9 are placed between the two plates 10 and 11 and revol e over the pins 12 and 13 respectively. The two arms 10 and 11 forming together a guide arm for th line 15 are adapted to swing over the pin 14 which in turn is fixed to the two plates 2 and 3. The ring 5 is adapted to be hooked over the hook 6 fastened to the yard post 7.

In the operation of the device. the line 15 is carried over the pullev 1 and between the plates 10 and 11. being thus adapted to bear against the auxiliarv pullevs 8 and 9. When the line 15 is'loaded. the lower run will assume the position shown as 15 while the auxiliary pulleys 8 and 9 will take the positicns 8 and 9 respectively. It will now be evident that as the line is pulled. the guide arm 10-11 will swing back and forth, its position depending upon the direction of pressure against the auxiliarypulleys 8 and 9, thereby reducing the resistance against the pulling of the line and also providing rolling friction between the guide and the line instead of sliding friction as exists in the devices in use heretofore.

While the construction shown is my preferred form, modifications of the same may be made embodying the same principle. I therefore do not wish to limit myself to the exact details shown, but desire to include other details'of construction embodying the same principle.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and wish to secure by Letters Patent.

In a clothes line apparatus, the combination of a main pulley rotating in an approximately vertical plane. a supportiig; frame therefor, a clothes line adapted t pass over said pulley, a guide arm pivotally connected to said frame adjacent to the main pulley adapted to swing in the plane containing the two runs of the line adapted to guide the latter and two auxiliary pulleys attached to the guide arm and swinging therewith spaced so as to permit the two runs 0f the line to pass between said pulleys and the sides ofthe guide arm, the pivot of the M guide arm being placed far enough away from the main pulley, whereby the auxiliary pulleys will not contact with the main pulley when the angular position of the guide arm is changed.

Signed at New York, county of New York and State of New York this 1st day of July 7 BERNARD FEINGOLD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained {or five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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